Serbia and coal
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{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} Most of the energy in Serbia comes from coal or hydroelectric dams. Energy consumption is expected to exceed energy production by 2012 and Elektroprivreda Srbije, Serbia's largest energy producer, is looking to add 1400 MW of coal-fired power, as well as develop Đerdap III, a hydroelectric dam with approximately 2.4 gigawatts of power.[1]
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Existing coal plants
EPS owns and operates three coal-fired power stations. These are the:[2]
- TPP Nikola Tesla Power Plant with an existing capacity of 3,300 MW.[3] The plant is the largest coal plant in Serbia, providing 47 percent of the total capacity of the country's electric power system.[4]
- TPP Kolubara; and
- TPP Morava.
June 2011: New coal plants announced
On June 30, 2011, Serbia's state-run power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and Italy's Edison signed a preliminary deal to jointly develop two coal-fired units in Serbia generating a combined 750 megawatts. Edison pledged to build the units, which would be EPS' first new coal-fired capacity in 20 years. A feasibility study is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2012. After that the two utilities will set up a joint venture. They gave no estimation of the cost.[5] The joint venture is for the Kolubara B power station.[6]
Under the proposal, Edison offered EPS a 36.4 percent stake in the new company in which EPS had already invested 300 million euros ($424.8 million) back in 1988 until putting the construction on hold due to lack of funds. EPS issued a tender for the construction of 750 MW and 650 MW coal-fired power plants in 2009, part of its Nikola Tesla (TNT) coal-fired power complex with an existing capacity of 3,300 MW. It had earlier put the construction cost of both plants at around 1.6 billion euros ($2.3 billion). No bidder has expressed interest in building the 650 MW capacity and EPS earlier said it might announce a new tender for the unit.[5]
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Sources
- ↑ Đerdap III. Večernje novosti (25 January 2009). Retrieved on 28 April 2010.
- ↑ Elektroprivreda Srbije, "About Us; Basic data", Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.
- ↑ "Serbia EPS, Italy Edison in 750 MW coal-fired project" Reuters, June 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Facilities for electric power generation" Elektroprivreda Srbije website, accessed July 2011.
- ↑ Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 "Serbia EPS, Italy Edison in 750 MW coal-fired project", Reuters, June 30, 2011.
- ↑ Misha Savic, "Edison Agrees With Serbian EPS to Complete Kolubara B Plant", Bloomberg, June 30, 2011.
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Background information
- European Environment Agency, European Pollutant Emission Register. (This has a list of power stations and their current emissions).
